Naturally Speaking: Dr. Arianna Kuhn - Salamander secrets: The True "Hidden Gems" of Virginia

Name: Naturally Speaking: Dr. Arianna Kuhn - Salamander secrets: The True "Hidden Gems" of Virginia
Start: 2025-03-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-20T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 524 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA, United States, Virginia 23601

Schedule

Thu Mar 20 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

524 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA, United States, Virginia 23601 | Newport News, VA

The Virginia Living Museum’s Naturally Speaking Lecture Series is an in-person interactive discussion that brings fascinating details about our local, regional and global ecosystems directly to you!
This presentation is an opportunity to explore a group of organisms that have been coined “The hidden gems of Appalachia” –– salamanders! Although many are small and seldom seen, these wonders of nature come in a variety of beautiful colors and patterns. Perhaps even more striking than their unique beauty are the stories of how these small predators navigate streams, ponds, caves and mountains to hunt, reproduce, and persevere through environmental challenges. Please join me in fostering appreciation for a group of amphibians that reaches its greatest biological diversity in Southwest Appalachia — and learn more about why they have captured the interest of my research program at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.